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Kids films I've never grown out of and still watch:
Swallows and amazons
Watership down
The Railway Children (70s version obv)
Oliver
Non kids films
A kind of loving
Saturday night, Sunday morning
Billy Liar
Passport to Pimilico
A kid for two farthings
The life and death of Colonel Blimp
Basically I adore British black and white films, preferably 'kitchen sink' dramas but also Ealing Studio stuff and antything on the BFI top 100 list.
People should be very wary of quoting Evans as a classic example of misjustice.
Firstly, a forgotten or usually misquoted fact about Evans is that the Brabin Inquiry report found that Evans' had 'probably killed his wife' and that he had not killed his daughter. As Evans had been convicted of his daughter Geraldine's murder, and not the murder of his wife, Evans was granted a posthumous pardon in 1966.
Secondly, I very strongly recommend reading 'The Two Killers of Rillington Place' by John Eddowes released in 1994 (or Rupert Furneaux's 1961 book on the Christie-Evans case). Preferably both, cross referenced with Kennedy's book. Both found/find Evans guilty.
Like most, I grew up watching dear old Dicky Attenborough and John Hurt in 10 Rillington Place, and read Ludovic Kennedy's famous book on which the film script was based.And like many thought Evans an innocent man. Until 1995. And Eddowes book. BUT having read Eddowes book and having then re-read Kennedy's as well as Furneaux's and other articles on the case, I now and have for several years believed that in fact Evans DID commit murder and was NOT 'framed'.
I have even conversed personally with John Eddowes by email on this.
Eddowes frankly destroys Kennedy's book and in fact has an entire 'bullet point' chapter simply made up of all the mistakes, half truths and outright distortions of his 'evidence'. Not only did Eddowes study the Kennedy book and the pardon campaign in the 60's, he reinvestigates the case from top to bottom.
And Eddowes uncovered evidence that shows Christie could not have killed Beryl Evans and that Evans, far from being the simpleton portrayed by Hurt, was of normal intelligence and had a police record of domestic assault against Beryl Evans. And that he DID kill both his wife and daughter. And that Evans's legendary low IQ is quite simply a myth.
Eddowes also interviewed Timothy Evans's stepbrother (not sure whether he is still alive, he was in 1994-95 at the time of the Eddowes book) who always thought Evans did it. In fact he tells Eddowes this!. 'I must be the only person who thinks Tim did it', or words to that effect....
Which dosent make Christie any less of a monster, as he killed numerous others.....
Most British people believe Evans an innocent man. Primarily based on a film. Like me, after reading Eddowes and Furneaux, I doubt many would confidently share their earlier views with little doubt....at the very least, it should make anyone who reads it at least question the modern belief that Evans was an innocent victim.
I recommend the two books if anyone here comes across them. Fascinating reads.
I have lost count of how many times I have watched Star Wars/Empire/Jedi ....
Also love Jason and the Argonauts.... always seemed to be on at christmas
Big fan of John Wayne films (got it from my dad ) and have seen the Horse Soldiers more times than I care to mention ......
the problem is that with so many channels to choose from they show a lot of my old favourites on TV on a regular basis and I feel like I have to watch it on TV even though I have most of them on DVD ...... My wife doesnt get it and thinks Im a bit mad ........ someone pleae tell me that Im not the only one
Age is just a number - If yours bothers you stop counting
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